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\begin{document}
\title{QUASL: A Framework for Question Answering \\and its Application to
Business Intelligence}

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%%		Nicolas Kuchmann-Beauger\\
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%%		Falk Brauer\\
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%%       \affaddr{Chemnitzer Stra\ss e 48}\\
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Singapore\\
falk.brauer@sap.com}
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\IEEEauthorblockN{Marie-Aude Aufaure}
\IEEEauthorblockA{\'Ecole Centrale Paris\\
Ch\^atenay-Malabry, France\\
marie-aude.aufaure@ecp.fr}}


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